• AP: “Church of Scotland: label settlement products”

    AP article from Jerusalem Post, 24th May 2006. The Church of Scotland has called on European authorities and the World Council of Churches to clearly identify products from illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian lands, a church official said Wednesday. The decision by the church’s General Assembly, meeting in Edinburgh, came after delegates were informed that…

  • Ramallah Invasion

    1. Israeli Army Invades Centre of Ramallah, Kill 3 Injure Scores May 24th 2. Sunbula’s journal: “Farmers in Bil’in successfully plow their land behind the Wall” 3. Wire Cutting Action in Beit Omar May 22nd 4. Successful Land-Access Action in Beit Omar 5. Shlomo’s Journal: “The Magic Answer” 6. How Many Escorts Does it Take…

  • Ha’aretz: “Despite High Court ban, settlers occupy Matityahu East homes”

    By Dan Keidar and Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondents, 24th May 2006 At least two settler families moved on Tuesday into apartments in a neighborhood of the West Bank settlement of Upper Modi’in that was built illegally on land belonging to the neighboring Palestinian village of Bil’in. The move came in flagrant disregard of a Supreme…

  • Israeli Army Invades Centre of Ramallah, Kill 4 Injure 34

    Update: Palestinian ISM activist Mansour who had gone to the scene was injured by shrapnel when soldiers opened fire at bystanders. Luckily he wasn’t hit directly but he was hit by shrapnel in the head and required stitches. At the time of writing this update, 4 are confirmed dead, including 21-year old Issa Qasim from…

  • Sunbula’s journal: “Farmers in Bil’in successfully plow their land behind the Wall”

    Today there was some plowing of the land around the outpost in Bil’n and as always and international presence was needed to help ensure soldiers didn’t attack Palestinians (the Popular Committee in the village decided to build this outpost at the end of last year in order to “counter-settle” the land being taken from the…